"Sister Lii, why did you drive Brother Qin away?" Shangguan Yue puffed out her cheeks, her voice filled with dissatisfaction as she spoke to Lii Yunge. She was pure-hearted and had felt an instant kinship with Qin Ya. Now that the Sister Lii she regarded as family had sent him away, she was understandably aggrieved.
"You're naive and don't understand how the world works," Lii Yunge said. "Let me ask you, does he know you're the daughter of the Vast Sea Divine Palace's Palace Master?"
"Yes, but I was the one who told him."
Anger flashed across Lii Yunge's face. "See? I was right when I said you were naive. You casually reveal your identity to strangers. Don't you realize how dangerous that is? And another thing—I didn't force him to leave. He left on his own."
"But after you said those things, how could Brother Qin possibly stay?"
